[hylafax-users] Fw: use fax machine as scanner

["PG" <pg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, sorry!! There is no serial port in my fax mahcine.

 I'll try your suggestion. Thank you.

 By the way, is there any not too expensive scanners out there has an
ethernet port, which can act as a client to both smtp server and hylafax
server?

 Jason
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "An Intrepid HylaFax User" <hylafax@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] use fax machine as scanner
>
>
> > > Is there some ways that I could
> > > do it without going thru real telephone lines?
> >
> > Yes, but there's a problem.  HylaFAX needs a RING to trigger its
answering
> > sequence.
> >
> > > eg serial port to serial port
> >
> > Does your fax machine have a serial port?  That would be unusual.
> >
> > > modem to modem (linked with a plain telephone cable)?
> >
> > This would work most likely, but you'd need to figure out a way to
trigger
> > the send/receive for HylaFAX.
> >
> > Maybe there is a "manual receive now" signal you could send to the
> faxgetty
> > process to pick up the phone and initiate fax receive tones... if there
> is,
> > you could just feed your document into the fax machine, hit the "receive
> > now" trigger, and then do a "manual fax originate" on the fax machine
> which
> > should connect and whatnot.
> >
> > It's probably more hassle than its worth... if your local phonecalls are
> > unmetered, then it's definitely not worth hassling around with.
> >
> > =R=
> >
> >
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